Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
any of numerous minute rudimentary crystalline bodies of unknown composition found in glassy igneous rock;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Crystallite \Crys"tal*lite\ (kr?s"tal-l?t), n. [See Crystal.]
(Min.)
A minute mineral form like those common in glassy volcanic
rocks and some slags, not having a definite crystalline
outline and not referable to any mineral species, but marking
the first step in the crystallization process. According to
their form crystallites are called trichites, belonites,
globulites, etc.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
crystallite
n 1: any of numerous minute rudimentary crystalline bodies of
unknown composition found in glassy igneous rock